why did trumps lawyer get raided

Did FBI raid Trump lawyer but not Clinton lawyer’s office?

Mar 06, 2019 · Origin. A popular meme in March 2019 questioned why Bill Clinton had “paid Paula Jones $850K to go away” yet the FBI hadn’t raided his lawyer’s office. The meme was an …

Why did the FBI raid Michael Cohen’s office?

The lawyer admitted to paying $130,000 to the adult actress, who has claimed she had an affair with Trump. On Sunday, a lawyer for the actress filed a …

Was Bill Clinton’s lawyer involved in the Jones lawsuit?

Feb 07, 2022 · The National Archives had to retrieve several boxes of records from the White House at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump advisers insist there was no intent to skirt the ...

Did the Trump White House violate the Presidential Records Act?

Apr 28, 2021 · 28 April 2021 Impeachment of Donald Trump Getty Images The FBI has carried out searches at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani, who was Donald Trump's personal lawyer. The raid is part of a probe...

What do we know about the raid?

Searches took place on Wednesday at the former New York City mayor's Upper East Side apartment, as well as his Park Avenue office.

What's the background?

Mr Giuliani played a central role in the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Mr Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm. He was also instrumental in the ousting of the former US ambassador to Ukraine, witnesses at Mr Trump's impeachment trial testified.

The man under the microscope

Fifty-one-year-old New Yorker Michael Cohen has a law degree, but his past duties for Mr Trump were not typical attorney obligations.

A second investigation

The issue isn't just what happened - federal investigators reportedly collecting documents and related information about Mr Cohen's tax records, business dealings and six-figure payment to secure the silence of Daniels, an adult film star who says she had an affair with Mr Trump. It's also who is doing the investigating.

Privilege threatened

The FBI-conducted raid of Mr Cohen's property isn't a garden-variety search, either. Because Mr Cohen is the president's personal attorney, federal investigators had to comply with extra safeguards to avoid infringing on a client's right to confidential legal counsel.

A storm is brewing

During a meeting with his military advisers on Monday the president embarked on extended remarks about what he viewed as the impropriety of the Cohen search.